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Usually, the end of life for a software solution tends to be its death knell. It may resurface years later in the popular media, usually on a specific anniversary: its 20th year since making its initial splash, its 30th year since it stopped selling,...

Is the use of encryption a silver-bullet for HIPAA covered entities that are looking to gain safe harbor from the notification policies found under the HITECH Breach Notification Rule? Generally, yes. There is a caveat, however, as Amedisys's recent...

One of the worst US states in which to have a data breach, especially a medical data breach, is probably California: in addition to federal HIPAA regulations, California has shown itself to be quite aggressive when dealing with medical entities that experience...

The following data breach harkens back to the days of old when hackers from China, Russia, North Korea, or whatever country you can think of, were not involved in a data breach. I wish I could say it's a breath of fresh air but, honestly, I'd...

A data breach can be a devastating experience. Even more so if the breach involves a particular profession where privacy, anonymity, and secrecy happen to be paramount. That's why a medical data breach hits people more closely than a retailer's...

The new year brings us surprises. According to nj.com , New Jersey governor Chris Christie has signed into law a requirement that health insurance companies encrypt client information. As nj.com points out, The Garden State has been witness to a couple...